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## Command Line Installation

You can install PC-DMIS from the command line instead of by double-clicking on the PC-DMIS installation executable. In addition, you can turn various command line arguments on or off to speed up the installation process.

This topic lists the supported command line arguments.

Command line arguments are case sensitive.

User Interface Parameters

-q, -quiet, -s, -silent - Silent install

-passive - Progress bar only install

Installation Commands

-uninstall - Uninstall

-repair - Repair (or install if not installed)

-package, -update - Install (default)

-layout - Create a local/admin image

Restart Handling

-norestart - Suppress any restarts

-promptrestart - Prompt if a restart is required (default)

Logging

-l, -log - Log to a specific file (default TempFolder)

-logtoconsole - Logs everything to console, if started from console

Help

-? - Show the Supported command line arguments information screen

Additional Parameters

INSTALLDIR - Installation folder where application will be installed

SQLCONNECTIONSTRING - SQL Connectionstring if required by application

LICENSESTRING - License string if required by application

The correct usage for the additional parameters is:

PARAMETER=value

Unattended Installation Example

To perform a fully-unattended installation into a directory named C:\PCDMISW\, use the following command line argument:

Pcdmis<installer information>.exe -q INSTALLDIR="C:\PCDMISW"

Where <installer information> is the PC-DMIS version and build numbers of the .exe file that you are installing.